Wow.....I keep saying time flies and gets faster every year I am alive. It feels like it is on permanent fast forward now that I am in Nicaragua. And the funniest part of the whole thing is that nothing moves with any kind of speed compared to the hectic pace in Canada.
Everything has been new, different and so incredibly busy. My life has changed in an infinite number of ways and directions. I have a new boyfriend who I live with here in Las Penitas. We have known each other for many years and he is the sweetest, kindest man a girl could ask for. I am very lucky to have reconnected with him. He owns Dulce Mareas which is a pizza restaurant here in town. Last November he began a building project in the backyard consisting of 4 rooms and a suite. It is just 2 weeks ago that it was completed and the first guests arrived.
When they say everything happens for a reason and every lesson builds character to strengthen you in the future I now understand a little better. Much of my last year has been spent running the restaurant and supervising construction of the hotelito while he worked abroad. This played right into all my previous employment experience. Lucky for me, since my spanish was almost non-existent when I arrived and the challenge of that was more than enough.
My spanish......what do I say about that? It has improved but there was no way it could get worse. Last February I took classes at the university for a month and they were very difficult but gave me lots of information to move forward with. Since then, I have received free lessons from one of our staff members and in return I have been teaching her english. I have had many more requests for english instruction but have had no time to teach.
I have had very little time to teach yoga or do thai massage but I am working on making more time for those things now. I have kept up a small personal practice and have done thai massage here and there for interested parties. I got business cards a couple weeks ago and I am going to hand them out very soon to the other hotels here.
I have some other big plans and great opportunities coming up so stay tuned for big news and advances to my aspirations in the not too distant future......
Everything has been new, different and so incredibly busy. My life has changed in an infinite number of ways and directions. I have a new boyfriend who I live with here in Las Penitas. We have known each other for many years and he is the sweetest, kindest man a girl could ask for. I am very lucky to have reconnected with him. He owns Dulce Mareas which is a pizza restaurant here in town. Last November he began a building project in the backyard consisting of 4 rooms and a suite. It is just 2 weeks ago that it was completed and the first guests arrived.
When they say everything happens for a reason and every lesson builds character to strengthen you in the future I now understand a little better. Much of my last year has been spent running the restaurant and supervising construction of the hotelito while he worked abroad. This played right into all my previous employment experience. Lucky for me, since my spanish was almost non-existent when I arrived and the challenge of that was more than enough.
My spanish......what do I say about that? It has improved but there was no way it could get worse. Last February I took classes at the university for a month and they were very difficult but gave me lots of information to move forward with. Since then, I have received free lessons from one of our staff members and in return I have been teaching her english. I have had many more requests for english instruction but have had no time to teach.
I have had very little time to teach yoga or do thai massage but I am working on making more time for those things now. I have kept up a small personal practice and have done thai massage here and there for interested parties. I got business cards a couple weeks ago and I am going to hand them out very soon to the other hotels here.
I have some other big plans and great opportunities coming up so stay tuned for big news and advances to my aspirations in the not too distant future......